The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-05-13

There las been much lthI '''+ ~
o. Tho cause OF balincss. scieniiuc l",'''N
committed 20 the theories OF oYo'uu'l nav,
fo,,,d in the multiplication OF sil'o." anu
,l,,criDc skull. in the centers ol 'I'l'l''
ori1coca thaf the man of the iu'uie Wi" "'
Der greatly in appearance from tne man "'
,bo res We have been told thnt iNe coming
nan viii have no thatch on his h''i" I''l'
AMI that 10 is gradually dsapp'".lhs 10"
looeuse We have 10 use Tor d. l'h '"'
. ,..ii 90 ,he teoth u Is said. for The con
a,,,~o,io,, n food bv chemical processes "iI
looye mo- work for them 20 do. The mu'.ies
oflooomotion Will become atroied from us
uee and the coming man is q De $40" NOV
fno M well as to1thless and bald O'heIa'
-. inquiries and theories relate exclusively
a. man as he Is o. day, have asserted lnal
bsldpe.. i, due o. lack o. ventilation DID, the
hat 10 the clo,e cropping NJ The haI'
H. the use Of an artificial covering
tor tbe skull which makes the natural thatch
s,,r.reuons. % a habit Of living and $500. KING
indoor. or % tendencies transmitted 30 FAM
lies from generation o. generation
Put no one of these alleged causes j. salts
,sctory Northern races that have worn
heavy fur coverings retain llxurant
growth Of hair The soldiers Of Eufnpe' WIN
heads closely cropped and warmly coFered'
do not show "a marked tendenc, ~ DAiIn..'.
Clo4e cutting does not deuuie the iaeh oI tne
head and neck of hair. Indoor lie does not
XII the hair ON the heads OF women.
WEARING THE MODERN HAT
The real cause Of baldne-- appears % be set
forth by ". O. GouIulook n The Popular
soience Monthly TITS the Use " hard felt
bats or ouv other head covering that cone
strict. the blood vessel. which nourhh the
hair bulls The scalp. in which these bulbs
are Set j, thin. and DO hes upon the smooth
and ri,id surface NJ the skull u B, irrigated.
e. to speak iy arteries extending upward
in IL tbrou.b which tine blood i- forced ~ the
top of theLead Slight pressure eXerted upon
the surface of the scalp tends to choke these
channels. The bony plate under them will
not Weld. and SO the elastic walls Of the
arteries are compressed The modern hat De-
carefully fitted 10 the shape Of The skull by
n CONFORMATION" an instrument which D.,
Mr Gomniock says, more destructive - the
natural head covering than ever were the
scalpng knives Of the North American d.
diaus Fitted by this machine the rigid band
Of the hand c0mpresses the scalp between 10
and the underlying skull at every point Do its
cour-. around the head This pressure ies-
sens The flow Of arteriai blood. and oD-tructs
the return OF the veuOu- blood, the result
being q sluggish circulation iu the caplaue-
around The hair folic.cs and bulbs, q c0n,e-
quent impairment oi nutrition, and at last
atr0phv lhered mark " congestion shown
on the forehead when hard hat is removed
after moderate exercise must convince any
one that this pressure Is considerable. That
hair bulls suffer from impaired nutrition is
shown when the hair crop is partly or wholly
destroyed in cases Of feveror wasting disease.
Balmess begin. where the circulation is
weakest on the top Of the head, the region
that must I've the first 90 suffer when the blood
channels from below are choked. IL stops al
themark of the bat band, for below that line
the blood vessels are not compressed Some
time, the hair stiil grows above this line and
Just back Of the temples although it has
ceased % grow above the line at other points
This exception Is due o. the fact that on
some heads the temporal muscle serves as q
cushion % relieve pressure ln those places
Close cutting of the hair may accelerate the
poqe-s of badness by removing the cushion
Of hair that might slightly relieve tie pres.
sure If 1t were allowed 20 remain.
LOOSE HEAD COVERINGS
1t follows that the use of soft and loose
head coverings tends TO prevent badness
Mr. Gouinlock points ont that agriculturi,-s
whose habit is % wear the loOsest head cover
ings during the greater part of their lives,
usually have am abundance of hair, while
their SONS who have taken % city way may
be- bald az 3d. Badness is most rapidly de-
veloped in the cases Of city men who wear
high hats ou closely cropped heads, for the
removal of the hair takes away the natural
cushion and the high hat must fit more
closely than the l0w hat, because 10 Is more
liable 10 Doe displaced ou account Of its height.
Some may be saved from badness in great
measure by the irregular outline of their
heads OF by retaining a thick growth of hair
between the hat and the scalp, but as a ru.s
pressure eXertcl uniformly upon the scalp boz
continuous line around the skull VIII cat of
great part of the nourishment which nat
urally would bee supplied 10 the hair bulbs
above that line, aud as a result the hair mus,
suffer
This is certainly "a very reasonable explaua
ton Of the causes of badness If pressure
iiNAt NNoIiN|i1 GU 'NldtlIN Nii'i IilINNN mum
ton be- the chief cause. what is the remedy
Obviously the use of soft hats in such "a way
that there shall bee mo- pressure, or perhap, the
use OF hat, SD shaped ia the band that room
shall be lcft for "a free passage of the blood ia
certain part. of the line around the skull Az
the same time some attention should Boz paid
70 ventilation and the treatment Of diseases
OF the scalp New York Times
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